The first blogging opportunity for the students of 2010--
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Your first assignment involves a group discussion covering the first two acts of Romeo and Juliet. Under the appropriate post, report your group findings regarding the vocabulary, literary devices, themes, and tragedy/comedy characteristics for your assigned scene. Complete your blog comment with a well-developed summary of the scene using appropriate verb tense and point of view, as well as varied sentence structure and strong action verbs.
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Mrs. Flores
Vocabulary:
ReplyDeleteadversary: opponent, enemy
ambiguity: statement or event in which meaning is unclear
banishment: exile
boisterous: stormy, violent, rowdy
dexterity: skill, cleverness
idolatry: extreme devotion to a person or thing
lament: to grieve for
nuptial: wedding
peruse: look over
reconcile: to become friendly again
shroud: a burial cloth
conjure: use magic to call Romeo
demesnes: areas
adjacent: next to
medlar: fruit that looks like a small brown apple
purblind: reduced vision
Literary Terms:
Allusion: Young Adam Cupid, he that shot so trim; Speak to my gossip
Venus one fair word
Couplet: Blind is his love, and best befits the dark.
If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark.
Dramatic Irony: Mercutio and Benvolio think Romeo is still in love with
Rosaline but the audience knows he is in love with Juliet.
Imagery: Lines 15-21; Mercutio is describing Rosaline
Protagonist: Romeo
Alliteration: he hath hid himself
Personification: "If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark."
Theme: Love blinds
Symbol: cupid means love
Themes:
Sexuality: Mercutio talks about the features of Rosaline.
Friendship: Mercutio makes fun of Romeo but also tries to help him get over his lovesickness.
Comedy: This scene shows the humorous side of Romeo and Mercutio's friendship by making fun of and teasing Romeo.
Summary:
After the royal ball at the Capulet's house, Romeo hides in the orchard instead of returning home. He wants to see Juliet one more time. As his friends look for him, they make fun of him to get him to come out of the darkness. They use Rosaline to tease Romeo thinking that Romeo still loves her. At the end, Romeo doesn't come out so his friends leave him behind.
Act 2 Scene 1:
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1. VOCAB
12 purblind - lack in vision, insight, or understanding
20 demesnes - landed property
31 consorted - kept company, made harmony
34 medlar - a fruit that looks like a small apple
38 et cetera - Latin for: and so forth
39 truckle bed - trundle bed
2. Literary Terms
14 Allusion - refers to King Cophetua
1-43 Blank Verse
22-23 Repetition - "anger him" is repeated three times
Sonnet - found in the prologue it summarizes and foreshadows
Iambic Pentameter - the sonnet in the prologue is written with this rhythm
3. Themes
Sexuality - lines 8-21, talking about Rosalind
Friendship - the whole scene, between Benvolio and Mercutio, both friends of Romeo looking for him and worrying about him. But they also joke around with each other
4. Tragedy and Comedy
It is more of a comedy because there is a light feel to the scene. There are jokes and mocking.
5. Benvolio and Mercutio are searching for Romeo and cannot seem
to find him. Benvolio would call out his name and it never helped so Mercutio started to mock Romeo. Romeo is determined not to be found and remains out of sight.
Leah, Samantha, and Nick
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VOCAB: Conjure: use magic to call him
Demesnes: areas
Medlar: a fruit that looks like a small brown apple
Truckle bed: a small bed that fits beneath a bigger bed
Purblind: reduced vision
LITERARY TERMS: Allusion: Can i go forward when my heart is here. (1)
Dramatic Irony: When King Gophetua loved the beggar maid. (14)
Symbol: Young Adam Cupid, he that shot so trim. (13)
Repetition and Figurative Language: If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark. (33)
Couplet: But passion lends them power, time means, to meet, temp'ring extremities with extreme sweet. (13-14)
THEMES: The isolation of the tragic hero: Romeo! humors! madman! passion! lover! (8)
The isolation of the tragic hero: Blind is his love, and best befits the dark. (32)
The isolation of the tragic hero: And wish his mistress were that kind of fruit as maids call medlars when they laugh alone. (35-36)
TRAGEDY AND COMEDY: Romeo! humors! madman! passion! lover! (8)
Blind is his love, and best befits the dark. (32)
And wish his mistress were that kind of fruit as maids call medlars when they laugh alone. (35-36)
SUMMARY: Romeo, who is at the Capulet ball, leaps over the wall to see Juliet again. As he goes down into the inside of the wall, Benvolio and Mercutio try to find him. They then, behind Romeo's back, tease him about his love life. When they decided it would be in vain to continue the search, they left to go back to the party.
Blake Finn, Kara McIntyre, Sydney Bedford
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Conjure: Use magic to call somebody
Demesness: Area
Medlar: Fruit that looks like a small, brown apple.
Truckle Bed: Trundle Bed.
Invocation: Act of invoking, or calling upon a spirit for aid or protection.
Consorted: Keep company.
Purblind: Slow or deficient in understanding
Literary Terms:
Allusion: "Speak my gossip Venus one fair word" (11)
Analogy: "When King Cophetua loved the beggar maid!" (13)
Imagery: "Scarlet Lip" (16)
Repetition: "Romeo! Romeo! Romeo!"
Monologue: Line 6-21.
Themes:
Sexuality: (8-21, Suggestive comments regarding Rosaline's body.
Friendship: "Romeo! My cousin, Romeo! Romeo!
Summary: Romeo, wanting to see Juliet again, leaps over the wall to do so. Benevolio and Mercutio then try to find him. Still believing Romeo is in love with Rosaline, Mercutio teases him by shouting suggestive words about her. After this, they leave.